CO · jury_instructions
COLJI-Crim. 5-5:11
DELIVERY OF GOODS WITHOUT RECEIPT
The elements of the crime of delivery of goods without receipt are:
1. That the defendant,
2. in the State of Colorado, at or about the date and place charged,
3. was a warehouse, or an officer, agent, or servant of a
warehouse, and
4. delivered goods out of the possession of such warehouse,
5. knowing that a negotiable receipt, the negotiation of which
would transfer the right of the possession of those goods, was
outstanding and uncancelled,
6. without obtaining the possession of that receipt at or before the
time of the delivery.
[7. and that the defendant’s conduct was not legally authorized by
the affirmative defense[s] in Instruction[s] ___.]
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
proven each of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt, you should find
the defendant guilty of delivery of goods without receipt.
After considering all the evidence, if you decide the prosecution has
failed to prove any one or more of the elements beyond a reasonable doubt,
you should find the defendant not guilty of delivery of goods without
receipt.
History
COLJI-Crim. (2025), Colorado Supreme Court Model Criminal Jury Instructions Committee. The committee's page: "The 2025 edition was published online on February 25, 2026." © 2025 Supreme Court of Colorado for the State of Colorado.
Provenance
- Source
- www.coloradojudicial.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- crim-2026-02-25
- Content hash
2601b43d1f19965713ac4457049275cee70a14763bfb7022974f50acce1c0ea0
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